Mark Spitznagel, head of the $6 billion Universa Investments hedge fund, was forced by the city of Detroit to remove the 20 goats he had brought to graze in a blighted neighborhood. “The goats are gone.”

Wayne County, Mich., the region where Detroit is located, has been riddled with problems for decades. But when a massive backlog of rape kits was discovered, a few mighty voices decided to work on changing the way sexual assault is viewed and how victims are treated, while also opening every single kit. And not even the worst financial period in the area’s history can stop the initiative.

Ford announced the newest version of the world’s best-selling pickup truck earlier this week, and the newer, lighter model could drive prices up and fuel the gains that pickup truck sales generally have already seen in recent months.